How exactly does sailing around the world work?

Hey there, I live in Southwest Missouri, and would like to get into sailing, but I need to know where to to start. I grew up deeply emerged in the powerboat community and have spent much of my life on the water, but not once in my life have I ever set...

How do they work for deep water (non-coastal) sailing? What about sailing around the world? Arctic sailing? Thank you very much for your help.

Say I had my own boat that was capable of sailing around the world. What would I need to do so? What are the regulations, and permits. Licenses, equipment...all that. And how does making port in other countries work?

So I was planning to work for several years, save up all my money and go travel for a year and a half. I wasn't planning on working, just traveling and having fun while seeing the world, eating different foods from different places, experiencing different...

Basically my girlfriend and I are sick of the 8-5 work life of living in LA. I am currently taking sailing classes and plan on buying a boat in the next year. Are there opportunity's to sail the world or mainly the carribean and live care-free without...

I love sailing more than anything in the world and I don't want to work in an office for 9 hours a day and not get to sail unless it's a holiday. So I was wondering if there's a career where you can sail and make a living

I'm just researching working on a cargo ship. I have no idea whether I'll ever do it or not, but I've always liked the ocean and boats, I don't like customers (ruling out cruise ships), and I'd rather not surrender my freedom (ruling out the military...

I always wondered this? I know the Euros didn't work because the countries within the Eurozone printed the money, instead of EU Central Bank. What if a world currency was printed by Central bank of a World Government? Can it work? What I'm asking s World...

I'm looking for a documentary on sailing around the world, not necessarily solo. here are one's i found: http://www.amazon.com/Sailing-World-Alone-Hal-Holbrook/dp/B000U4EA3Y/ref=wl_it_dp_o_npd?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1ZIEJESQRETYQ&colid=YMTXGNN67HXV...